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By MARGARET DODSON
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writer
Alice Pullen’s “kin family” is two daughters, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
But she reaches out to many others - a large unofficial extended family. She babysits the “greats,” is generous with her time, helps friends, neighbors, the sick and numerous worthy causes. She does not drive, but she does get around. Her good works are well-known.
Mrs. Pullen attends Flint Hill Methodist and Baptist (Old School) Battle Run Church. She is a member of the Methodist Women’s group, Flint Hill Extension Homemaker’s Club, the Auxiliary of the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Company. She helps with the Aileen Company’s annual bloodmobile, as well as the EHC blood mobile. She is a volunteer at the Senior Nutrition Center, and is an avid gardener.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (holidays excluded), Mrs. Pullen boards the van for her six-hour stint at the Senior Nutrition Center at Trinity Episcopal Church. She helps serve food, cleans whatever needs cleaning, and is a friend to the “seniors.” If a senior needs a little sewing done, Mrs. Pullen is available. She often takes the garment home. Just little things like buttons and hems are what she does, according to her daughter, Frances. Her daughter told about the woman, bent with age, whose dresses were much longer in the front. Mrs. Pullen came to the rescue.
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